Nature Will Always Find a Way

Two weekends ago I took the ferry to Southport for a fun trip with my friends! As we were waiting for the next ferry, we parked the car and walked to the edge of the dock where they had these orange cones. In almost all of them, there was plants growing through them. I thought this was sad yet beautiful. It is sad that ugly orange construction cones were taking up such a beautiful scenery, but it was also incredible that this plant species still found a way to grow! Throughout nature, it is very common for species to show resiliency or respond to environmental stress this way. Like we talked about in class, zonation is found everywhere and some species being present in a preferred zone causes another species to be shifted elsewhere. The plant species in this cone is shifted upwards, so it may not be dealing with much competition of other species since it is off the ground, leading to a huge benefit for this species. When it rains, the water will trickle inside the cone and cause the plant to receive more water and perhaps even absorb more nutrients than the species surrounding it. Since it is surrounding by a huge orange cone, it may be harder for pests and insects to get to the plant, also.

 

 

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